Thrillers & Suspense
Yellow River Pledge Review - Honestly Austen
Dr. Jordan Chamberlain is a successful, beautiful, young medical examiner with the perfect husband, the perfect life, and perfect friends. Somewhat of a whiz, kid, she’s younger than most Medical Examiners and enjoys a bit of glamour whenever her forensic data is sent to trial. To an outside observer, Jordan has it all, until that is, her husband, Jason, announces without warning that he doesn’t want to be married anymore and Jordan’s perfect life crashes and burns around her.
Jordan buries herself even deeper in her work, temporarily embarking on a career consulting with the FBI’s Violent Crimes Division under the careful eye of college friends turned colleagues, who support her during her as she tries to rebuild her life.
Her future, however, is about to be compromised once more when she becomes the target of the serial killer she’s been pursuing.
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Yellow River Pledge Review - Lisa Writopia
Dr. Jordan Chamberlain seems to have it all—the perfect life, husband, friends, and career A young and successful medical examiner, she is chasing a serial killer while still working other cases. From the clues she gathers from the corpses, it seems clear that the killer is a guy.
Jordan’s husband announces to her one day that he no longer wants to be married. Of course, this puts her in shock. She hadn’t seen any signs that their marriage was in trouble.
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Childrens’ Literature
Ms. Abrams Everything Garden
"Starting a brand new school or entering a new classroom can wreak havoc on a little one's psyche. Ms. Abrams' Everything Garden tells the story of a young child entering a new class where none of the children each other. The teacher decides to involve the students in a garden project and over the course of the harvesting season, they not only grow a garden, but new friendsships as well."
Adult Fiction
Wavering Moon
Wow what a story! There were so many aspects to it I don't even know where to begin. The story is centered around Magna who returns to Wavering Academy after her mother's death to take over her responsibility. In the midst of trying to grieve and deal with blasts from the past, there are now young witches being murdered in a way that's grabbing attention.
The Town Time Forgot
"The Town Time Forgot has something for everyone. There’s mystery, romance, time travel, and history, all combined to create a book that readers won’t soon forget as U.S. Marshal Devon McKenzie and NYC Detective Chris Gates are transporting a well-known prisoner along the interstate. The two have never gotten along and are squabbling as usual when their prisoner is forcefully removed from their custody. Their vehicle is wrecked and the officers are injured. This all happens on a night when the Aurora Borealis is at its brightest. Devon and Chris spend the next three days surviving in an isolated wilderness area. When they come upon a farmer, they discover they’ve been transported back in time to 1869 Nebraska. Devon and Chris are assumed to be a married couple, so they play along until they can figure out how to get back to their own time. Three months pass and the two fall in love, but will they spend the rest of their lives in the past – or will they make it home –"
Turbulence - Lisa Writopia
US Marshal Devon McKenzie and NYC Detective Chris Gates do not get along with each other. They are transporting a prisoner from New York City to the state of Washington. One night while they are passing through Nebraska beneath a bright Aurora Borealis, they wreck and their prisoner escapes. This is the least of their problems though.
Both are injured and wander around in the wilderness for three days until they finally see someone: a farmer. He kindly takes them back to his house and family. They notice that things are different at his house: no electricity, no television or phone, no modern conveniences. It takes a while for them to realize that they are no longer in modern times; they are now in 1869 Nebraska.
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The Town Time Forgot - Lisa Writopia
While growing up in the rural countryside of Kentucky, I was surrounded by an eclectic group of family and friends. My earliest recollections are of living in the little white house on Orchard Avenue in Louisville. Luckily, the house next door was occupied by my aunt, uncle, and cousins. We spent our days knee-deep in lip syncing to our favorite songs by the Partridge Family, the Osmonds, and the Defranco Family. Hours and hours passed as we put an old black boxlike tape recorder to good use as we self-recorded song after song. When we weren’t singing or choreographing dance routines to the songs, Barbie doll and her friends took up the rest of our time.
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Journeys Review - Honestly Austen
Goodreads Synopsis
Caren Rivers never really considered the busy lives of the drivers who passed through her toll booth. Some she encountered frequently, daily, as they moved from place to place along their journey. Others, she doubted she’d ever see again.
She’d always wondered what made them chose one route over another. Was the obvious choice to engage the shortest line or was it the interaction with a familiar face? Is the journey of a life simply a multitude of potential pathways affected by points of intersection?
What was her journey going to be now that her husband and son were gone? These were the questions that kept her awake at night. Journeys is the story of nine travelers making their way along life’s roadway and how these lives once connected, remain a part of one another for all time.
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Sanctuary Road - Lisa Writopia
Dayna’s musician husband has left her for another woman, one who is pregnant with his child. While waiting for her divorce to be finalized, she returns home to the small town of Cedarwood, Kentucky, leaving behind the hustle and bustle of New York City. But will her life in Cedarwood be any less stressful?
Her young life had been rough, so reconnecting with her brother—her parents are dead—won’t be easy, but it is something she feels the need to do.
Does Dayna really know anyone in her hometown? Secrets hidden from her for so long will open her eyes to the hard truth about her family.
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